Country size comparison

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Spain is about 1.7 times bigger than Italy.

Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, while Spain is approximately 505,370 sq km, making Spain 68% larger than Italy. Meanwhile, the population of Italy is ~61.1 million people (13.9 million fewer people live in Spain).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Italy vs. Spain uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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